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Ethnozoological study of medicinal animals and animals’ products used by traditional medicinal practitioners and indigenous people in Motta city administration and Hulet Eju Enessie District, East Gojjam, Northwest Ethiopia [PDF]

Heliyon, 2022
Background: In Ethiopia, many ethnic communities use traditional/indigenous medicine for primary health care. However, this indigenous medicinal practice is being neglected and continued to be lost due to poor documentation as they are transferred from ...
Dehnnet Abebe, Yalew Molla, Anteneh Belayneh, Bekalu Kebede, Melese Getachew, Yigardush Alimaw   +5 more
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Environmental influence on the choice of medicinal animals: a case study from northeastern Brazil [PDF]

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2019
Background Animals from various taxonomic groups are commonly used in folk medicine, and their selection seems to be directly linked to their availability and accessibility.
Iamara da Silva Policarpo Brito, Anna Karolina Martins Borges, Sérgio de Faria Lopes, Thelma Lúcia Pereira Dias, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves   +4 more
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Ethnozoological study of medicinal animals used by the inhabitants of the Kucha District, Gamo Zone, Southern Ethiopia [PDF]

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Background An ethnozoological study of medicinal animals in the Kucha district, Gamo zone, Southern Ethiopia, was conducted to investigate and document the use of traditional medicinal animals and the associated indigenous knowledge.
Meselech Mengistu, Mulugeta Kebebew, Victor Benno Meyer-Rochow   +2 more
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Medicinal animals used in ethnoveterinary practices of the 'Cariri Paraibano', NE Brazil [PDF]

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2011
Background Zootherapy is important in various socio-cultural environments, and innumerous examples of the use of animal derived remedies can currently be found in many urban, semi-urban and more remote localities in all parts of the world, particularly ...
Lopez Luiz CS, Montenegro Paulo FGP, Vieira Washington LS, Confessor Maine VA, Lucena Reinaldo FP, Mendonça Lívia ET, Mourão José S, Barboza Raynner RD, Souto Wedson MS, Alves Rômulo RN   +9 more
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Current status of cell damage repair and related drug research and development

生物医学转化, 2023
The fundamental aspect of tissue injury was the structural changes and functional disorders caused by a great deal of cell death, it might further develop into organ damage in severe cases.
Ge Yan, Shen Yongmei, Liu Shu, Zeng Chenjuan, Liu Bin, Jiang Shunri, Geng Funeng   +6 more
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Invertebrates and herptiles for livelihoods—ethnozoological use among different ethnic communities in Jammu and Kashmir (Indian Himalayas)

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2023
Background: Ethnic communities have relied on animals and their derived products for ages, and their use is often intricately related to many cultural features.
Musheerul Hassan, Musheerul Hassan, Shiekh Marifatul Haq, Shiekh Marifatul Haq, Muhammad Shoaib Amjad, Muhammad Shoaib Amjad, Riyaz Ahmad, Rainer W. Bussmann, Rainer W. Bussmann, José Manuel Pérez de la Lastra   +9 more
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Traditional Uses of Animals in the Himalayan Region of Azad Jammu and Kashmir

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022
Background: The use of animals and animal-derived products in ethnopharmacological applications is an ancient human practice that continues in many regions today.
Maryam Faiz, Muhammad Altaf, Muhammad Umair, Khalid S. Almarry, Yahya B. Elbadawi, Arshad Mehmood Abbasi, Arshad Mehmood Abbasi   +6 more
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Panax quinquefolius Polysaccharides Ameliorate Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhoea Induced by Lincomycin Hydrochloride in Rats via the MAPK Signaling Pathways

Journal of Immunology Research, 2022
American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.) is an herbal medicine with polysaccharides as its important active ingredient. The purpose of this research was to identify the effects of the polysaccharides of P.
Duo-duo Ren, Shan-shan Li, Hong-mei Lin, Yun-shi Xia, Zhi-man Li, Pan-pan Bo, Rui Mu, Li-juan Zhao, Yin-shi Sun   +8 more
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Effect of Aqueous Enzymatic Extraction of Deer Oil on Its Components and Its Protective Effect on Gastric Mucosa Injury

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2021
In this study, deer suet fat was used as a raw material to study the effects of aqueous enzymatic extraction of deer oil on its components, followed by studies into the potential protective activity, and related molecular mechanisms of deer oil on ...
Yun-Shi Xia, Yun-Shi Xia, Yin-shi Sun, Yin-shi Sun, Chang Liu, Zhi-Man Li, Duo-Duo Ren, Duo-Duo Ren, Rui Mu, Rui Mu, Yan-Ting Zhang, Pan-Pan Bo, Pan-Pan Bo, Li-juan Zhao, Zi Wang   +14 more
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Animal and their products used for treatment and prevention of disease practiced by traditional healers in Jimma Arjo district, East Wollega Zone, Western Ethiopia

Veterinary Medicine and Science, 2023
Background Ethiopia is one of the countries with richest fauna used for medicinal purpose. The Jimma Arjo community has knowledge and practice of utilizing this medicinal animal for treatment of human and animal ailments.
Debela Abdeta Efa
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